The Sun. — London, England, 1808-10-25 00:00:00

MAILS. ARRIVED-3 Cottenburgh, z Dublin, i Waterford. DoE—I Waterford. THE SUN. SOLEIL QUIT DICILIti PALSUM AUDEAT L 0 ND 0 .N, TUESLMY, OCTOBER 25, 1608. Tilts morning three G-ottenbargh Mails arrived. They bring the important intelligence that an Ar mistice, for an unlimited period, has been agreed upon between the Russians acid the Swedes. It does rot, however, appear which party it was that ‘ap plied for the Armistice. k is stated in the title to be • an Armistice between the Russians and 'Swedes, in the North of Finland; but we should suppose it would be- extended generally to the whole Province, and that hostilities would altogether cease between the Swedes and Russians. The information contained in the Swedish Paper s respeEting the 'Armistice, is so limited, that we are . unable to ascertain what were the causes-that led to it, or to offer any conjeaures upon the conse quences that may result from it. The Swedes hai , o recently, we know, sustained some severe reverses; but there is a degree of equality in the terms of the Armistice, which proves that the vitiories of the Russians were by no means of a decisive nature. Some. German Papers reached town this morning, but they are quite barren of intellige'nce. Viz stated some days ago, that BUONAPARTZ bad determint-Sd to make another attempt to put an end 'to all intercourse between this Country and Hol land, and some Letters which were jeceived yester day, of the date of the I sth inst. fully confirm our statement. They mention that Louis has, in obe dience to the commands of his brother, anually signed a Decree, by which all commerce, or corre spondence of , any kind whatsoever with this Coun try, is prohibited on pain of death. His MAJESTY is eXpRaCd in town to-morrow, to bold a Court at the Queen's Palace. On Sunday the Princess MARY took an airing, in a con!) and four s by Virginia Water. On Friday morning the Countess Of ILCHESTER and tinnily left Windwr'for Dorsetshire. The Prince of WALES'S apartments at Windsor b?';e br•en fitted up in the most superb and elegant 'style; the taste di , phycd ig of his itoyal Highness's own invention, gave the direthona for the ex ,:!cution to the workmen himself. `His Majesty's stag-hounds hunted on Saturday. Yesterday incrning the 15th Light Dragoons, commanded by his Royal Highness the Duke of 'CAMBRIDGE, passed through the Borough, on their route for Portsmouth. The Redwing Sloop 'of War, with her convoy, from Portsmouth, arrived safe at Gibraltar on the : 30tli of September in seven days from FalmoUth.— The Success Frigate, with her convoy, from Ports mouth, had arrived a few days before, and sailed for Malta on *same day - the, liecitping.arrived. The ;Court of Enquiry on Sir HLW DALRYMPLE Vitt take place about the end of the present week. ' A letter from Soria, dated the 24th September, gate. that General LEFEBVRE had been attacked by ',the Spaniards near Venta del Puego, and suffered •a 'considerable loss. He had been forced from his po iition; and had left eight or ten horses in powssion . of the enemy. We are happy to.raonounce that thel'ortuguese , are coming forward in great numbers w ith 'liberal contributions for the defence of the Count r y. LiSts of the donations are published in the Lisbon Gazette. The two Battalions of the Ross-shire Volunteers have entered into the Local Militia, and haYe, to a 'Man, refused to accept the two guineas bounty 'At hick is in such case allowed by Government. It is a remarkable circumstance that there are six Members of the HoUse of Commons, in the nth and 10th Regiments of Dragoons, which are embarked at Portsniouth, for Spain. It is computed that there ire 40 .Methbers of that House already serving in the 'army in Spain and Portogaf.‘ Frisby, the Victorious, a new 74, was launched at Mr. ADAMS's Dock yard, at Buckler's Hard,.. •Seuthampton. She went off with great ease, in the presence of a vast concourse of spectators. .. Capt. S:rts ‘ t.o, Paying-Commissioner afloat at Purtsmonnii, is appointed Commissioner of the Dock yard at the Cape of Good-Hope.—Capt. PYM is ap t 6 the Sirius.—Capt. T. Bois has taken the Loki - inland of the Zealous ; and Lord 'W. STUART, .of the Lavinia, at Portsmouth.. Yrs. BILLINGTON is in town, after finishing her musical tour at Liverpool, where, in the course of the last and preceding weeks, she assisted at six‘Sub scription Concerto, patronised by the Nobility and Gentry of that town.' Her success corresponded with what she had previously experienced at Birmingham and ;Gloucester, C(Y3KE performed Richard the Third last night, but being much indisposed with a cold and hoarse ness, he excited the displeasure of the audience, g who imputid Isis inability to another . cause. He ad- Tiressed the audience, and prainly evinced 'that his efforts were really obstruelcd by infirmity alone. , BY A C,ORRESPONDEP4 T..7—T13.e Comet may be plainly 'seen on an evening; wH)out the assistance :of a telescope; it ;.s at . .prvets(in the 'girdle bf the cor,4wlla' tion Androlneda, which is distinguished by ihree stars forming a .eukye the brightest is cif the . . itcond`magnitude, called Mirach, the other tivo of 'the third magnitude : if an imainaty line is di-awn from Mirach through the .middle Otlr, and confinu rd as innehfurther on the other side, it would pass zy.7 r the comet. It :ippears like ti'stoy invest - & - I with _ .b littte i i ht cloti ; about - 114J( past sevco, . it' is 45 \ci z tree,' ;Above iht. ho.riz,Orl,' exactly dvit • the East ~ , int of t he compass, and passes tt - ic.. 4 'rildtidian neatly .v.i zenith•at half past to at Oight,'" .". - '''.. •- ' COTTENEMOH WILT. His Royal Majesty's Yacht Arnaas, at anchor cfiGrenba4m, the 6th oClober. His Royal Majesty has received the following Re port from Adjutant-General Baron Boys : " Having been ordered by your Majesty to take the command of the second division of the Southern Finnish Army, the main body of which was at Wiais, I immediately, proceeded to that place. "One battalion of the regiment of Warr;ern had been left at Helsing to cover the Magazines, and another batta lion of the same regiment was ordered to march with one 3-pounder to Waisari Bride, in order to protect the army's rear on the side of Lokalax. The rest, or main-body, posted near Wiais, consisted of three battalions of foot guards, two battalions of the regiment of Kron.sberg, one battalion of the regi ment of Wettmainland, with one 6-pounder, four howitzers, and one 3-pounder; and two squadrons of horse-guards joined the army near Jarwenpaa. The pa th in the morning, certain intelligence was received, that during the night the enemy had been considerably reinforced by troops, arrived in waggons from Wiukela, Lokalax, and Abo, and taken up a position, with his whole force, at the distance of about a quarter of a miie from \Vials. Under these circumstances, no other expedient was left than to drive the enemy from his advantageous position, by means of a vigorous attack, for the suc cessful issue of which it became necessary to turn his flank, on account of his great:superiority in num bers. " I accordingly detached Lieut.-Colonel LAGER.. BRING, with two battalions of foot, to march. by Harno and Napperla, to Randa, in order to attack the enemy's rear. This detachment, which from the badne.s, - ; of the road could not be accompanied by artillery, filed off accordingly, and at ten o'clock, when-it could be supposed to have reached the con certed point, I intended to attack the enemy in front with the whole remainder of my force, penetrate through his centre, break his line, , ,vith the assistance of the; detachment which was to fall upon his rear, and thus to make ourselves masters of his position near Ponsta. " Al! the necessary preparations and arrange-• ments baring been made for the execution of the above plan of attack, at ten o'clock a violent Mus ketry-fire was commenced on our left flank, which I supposed to be' dire led against Lieut.-Colonel :LAGEItaRING, and this supposition was soon con firmed by a report received from our chain of chas seurs, and immediately after by a report from Lieut.- Colonel LAdERBRING himself, stating, that he was engaged with a strong Russian corps. " At .the same time the Enemy attacked my front with chasseurs and infantry, two pieces of cannon and two howitzers. I immediately ordered the battalions to advance; the chasseurs moved to the left, the regiment of life-guards was in the centre, and the Swedish and Finnish guards on the right. One 6-pounder and one howitzer were mounted on the heights, and the whole line was ordered to make the utmost exertions to repulse the Enemy, order was executed with alacrity, intrepidity, and suc cess. The Enemy detached thereupon a column against the right wing of our Army, which was com pletely outflanked by the Russsians. I immediately ordered two 6-pounders to be mounted on the right of Wiais, which opened such a violent and de struCtive fire of grape-shot that the Enemy was forced to retreat into the wood. " But soon after I received a report from Lieut.. Colonel LAGEttnat N 9, stating, that from the enemy's vast superiority in numbers, being continually at tacked by fresh corps, be was no longer able to cover my. left Hank; in consequence of which 're port, I was necessitated to order the troops under my command to retreat, which was done with th e utmost order. I joined LAGERBRING, and continued my retrograde movement to Helsing,, where I found that, on account of the enemy's vast. superiority of artillery and troops of every descrip tion, nothing else was left then but to re-embark. This was done accordingly, and the Transports set sail successively for Lehmakiarko Sound. ) , "According to the statement of the Russian Offi cers and Soldiers taken during the aaion, the etie my's strength amounted to 12,000 . men and 40 pieces of artillery. I humbly beg leave to assure your Majesty, Rat all the troops under my command perfornied their ;duty with great gallantry and spirit. " G. BOVE, Adjutant-General." " Commodore's Ship Kepparovmen, at anchor off Lehmarkurko, Sept. 29, 18°8." Majesty has also received a report from Field Marshal Count KLINGSPOR, dated Head-quarters, 'Lohto, Sept. 25, wherebylt appears that the Army under his command' has cinuintled to retreat to Lo4to in good order. The Xing landed on the Bth, near Grambala, from on board the Yacht 2/piadis, a nd -proceeded twLornland,Nthere the head-quarters, are novies.4,blished.—(S:ockholtl Gazelle, Oct. 12.) GUM NpUR 17.-1 7.-T he King is clisp;'2aged with the Guards, and has broken them and distil aced all the 011ieEls. This will create great discontent amongst the first families here. An Armistice has been concluded beAveen the Swedes and the Russians in Finland. It has been published in a Bulletin, dated Oa. 12, 1808. ARMISTICE CON C LUDED BETWEEN THE SWEDES AND , RUSSIANS, IN TUE NORTII OF FINLAND. " There shall be an Armistice concluded for an unlimited time, between the Russian troops posted as well upon the river of Gamla Cariby, as in the environs of Kuopio, and the Swedish Army, der Count KLINGSFOR, from the moment of the . signature of this Armistice, till eight days after either party gives notice of its cessation ; neither of the Coniraaing Parties, whilst 'this Armistice lasts, shall send any part of their troops to at in other parts. The Russian troops which are in the Government of Wasa, will , keep their positions at Ganala Carlby, and the Swedish Troops • theirs at Hemango, and not advance their advanced posts beyond Kannus, and from the church of Ilikatinus to the Lake of Leski, and front thence in a right line to the Church of Iderusalgai : and in order that there may remain a neutral space between the two armies, the Russian troops shall place their advanced posts in such a manner as not to pass the river which empties itself into the juntela. On the side of Kuopio, the Swedish troops shall place therriselves in such a manner, that the Church of Idemsalmi may remain neuter. The Russian troops shall occupy the, de file which is on - the . South-east of it, and the Swedes that on. the North-west. Should the Im perial Russian troops have passed the Church of Idemsalmi on the other side, before these orders ar rive, they shall retire to the position agreed upon. " There shall be an exchange of prisoners, man for man, rank against rank. " Field-Marshal SUCHKE LIN, General in Chief, and (2:iarter-Master General. " LE,CONTE KAMINSKOY, Lieutenant—General." " Head-quarters, Lucko, Sept. 17.29, 18 0 8.7' • , GERMAN PAPERS. BANKS OF THE MAINE, SEPT. IB.—The Mem bers of the Confederation of the Rhine are to as seinble at Frankfort by the 25th instant. Gen. OUDINOT is gone to Erfurth. The troops .of the German Confederation, which have marched for France, hill be formed into an Army of Reserve. WARSAW, SEPT. 12.—0 n the Bth inst. Marshal DAvot.sT (the Duke of A.uerstadt) left this city with his whole Staff, fur Breslau. His lady goes from"Skierniwice, her estate, to Paris. On the 10th the Duke of AUERSTADT arrived at Breslau, and the next day Marshal MORTIER, the Duke of TRE VISO, began his march with his army for Saxony. The fortress of Praga is occupied by the French troops remaining her;. The repair and improvement of the fortifications is carrying on under the inspec tion of a French Colonel of Engineers : several house's will be pulled down, and the Bernadine clmrch made a citadel. The Divisions of General DOMBROWSKI and ZAJO NEZEK, are.now . in motion to change their position, and occupy new posts. The garrison her© tibw con sists entirely of Polish and Saxon troops. The French artillery is in Praga. In the department of Bralystok, which was ceded to Russia by the Peace of Tilsit, the Prussian Go vernment will cease this day, and the Russian be in troduced. Great entertainments will be given upon the occasion. The new- Russian Gervernment has sent forthe aaors from the theatre here, to continue there some weeks.—(l-lumburgh Correspondenten, Sept. 21.) From the Lisbon Gazette of the 7th it appears that the Portuguese are busied in the organization of their- army. The following appointments • have been made, subje& to the approval of the Junta of Oporto:— To be Governor of the Province of Alentejo— Lieutenant-General FRANCISCO PAULA ',RITE, To be Counsellors of War—count. MONTEIRO MoR, General of the Army of Sul: and Liente nant-General MANUEL GEORGE GOMEZ DE SE PULVEDA. To be Lieutenant-General—General BERNARDIN FREIRE Da ANDRADA, commanding the Army of Norte. TO be Field Marshals---MANUEL PINTO BACEL LAM, commanding the Army of Observation 'of Norte; NUBO FEE= DR ANDRADA, commanding a division of the Army of Norte ; iVIICHAEL PER E IRA PORJAZ, Adjutant-General in the same army ; and JOSEI4{ .LOPES DR SOU tA, commanding the van guard of the Army of Sul, Brigadier. To he a Brigadier—FßANClSCO DA, SILVEIRA PINTA DA FONSECA, commanding a division of the Army of Norte. A meteor passed over Edinburgh on Friday even ing last, about half past seven o'clock. Its appeAr ance was very luminous, and its motion extremely rapid ;_ it - was only seen a few seconds. On Monday se!nnight, about eight o'clock .; a meteor of uncommon brilliancy was seen at Glasg ow. It seemed to travel in a NOrth-westerly direB ion, and to bc very low, and was visible for a few secc.pds, It appeared to be above a yard in length, hazy in front, With a luzninokis Lead, and terminating in a clear redo ; NAVAL NEWS. PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 24.—Arrived his Majesty's Ship Medusa, from the South Seas ; Africaine, from Portugal ; and Skylark, from the Downs.-- Also his Majesty's Ship Thanes, with about 30 Sail of Vessels under convoy, from the Mediterranean ; they left Gibraltar on the 20th ult. Sailed his Majesty's Ship Swallow, rn a cruize. Came into Harbour his Majesty's Ships Drome dary and Sicarpshooter ; the Harriet Transport, with the lass of an anchor and cable. His. Majesty's Ship L'Espiegle is appointed convoy for Cork. COWES, OCT. 24.—Just passing through our Roads a Frigate with a Convoy from the Mediterranean, amongst which I observe there are two or three Spa nish Ships ; they have the Quarantine Flag fly ing, and of course are going to the Motherbank. An English , Brig vc''as in tow of a Spanish Ship. It blew a most violent gale last Might . from the South - West, by which, it is feared,' sreat damage has been done to the shipping-. DEAL, OCT. Arrived His Majesty's 13rig9 Podargus and Blazer, with several other cruizerse blown from off the French coast by the late ga les ' 4nd remain in the Downs with the Ships as per Olt. Last night and this mor ping we have expeiienced a very heavy gale at S.S.W. Several vessels in OA Downs have lost anchors atid •Lobles, among than the Helen, THOMAS, calladn', JONES, and Principe Atalanta. It is reported that a collier called the Cicero has foundered in the Do wns. FALMOUTH, OCT. 22..—Sailed the TPindsor Cast4' Packet, Capt. SUTTON, with a .Messenger and Dis" patches for St. Andero; and the. Packet, car. SAMPSON, for Corunna. SHEERNESS, OCT. '24 .—Saileid His 4iajesty.s Sbic Aierop.,., with a convoy, for Heligoland. AMERIC..IAr PAD Eh $. PHILADELPHIA, SEPT. 10.—When will the bargo be raised ? is a question asked by almost every one we meet. As soon as- France subdues Grea t Britain, or a General Peace takes, place between lb' two contending Powers, and riot before, say til e : Democrats. It is only a few 44s since we heard one of these friends of the people, high in the cows fidence of the Executive, say-, it was his opiiiiov: that at the opening of the ne%t Session of Coogr es ' war would be declared a ga i nst G reat .13ritaili, or a Non-intercourse Bill passed, m a ki ng i t treason e ve ' a to correspond with the subjeas of that nation. , ~h Such, fellow-citizen s , i s t h e d ea dl y h atre d vy' ll ' t the vile Jacobins of thi s ctluntry feel towards Grea4 Britain, that they wo u ld not h es i :ate one tpow e ir ' to plunge the country i n t o a ll t h e h orrors o f a if, by so doing, they could assist the arch BUONAPA.RTE in comploting the overthrow of P i b' land. Nineteen towns in Massachusetts, whoge PPP L !; latimexceeds mock, have already exprssed frisc h,. disapprobation of die restri6.tions now laid °`' the trade. and commerce of our country by Mr. JO ' PERSON.- this i SCHEVECTADV, AUG. 18.—Passed thr o ugh • c i city, on Saturday l as t, thi r t een ship-carpenters M . : , two black - smiths, isa the employ of Governmen t. Their destination, we are told, is Lake Ontario where GQ vernment is about building a Navy to e ll ; force and, iroteEt the Embargo laws. The Vessel be built Lry these men, will carry eighteen gorT_ , vo seventeen twenty-four pounders, gmi gnel4hirtY; er; pounder. It will take eight . mouths to buil d nljt when finiihed she is to be comtnandeci by T. \\Toot, sEY. NEW YORK, Auc. 31. • (PRO; M Tlift 'NATIONAL INTELLIGEINCER.) SPAIN... —From the news, Gibraltar, it wo_. appear, ti at the Junta' or Council of Seville ore actually in possession of several Provinces and Isl2 o°° ' This, it y 'ill be observed, is the'En g li t th account • - 1 From the article under the head of Madrid, it ' 4l ' be seen th at the disturbances are considered as te a r porary. Time only will discover which is • cool' i Meanwhi, le sufficient has appeared to disprove ° il i a pf the cin :umstances stated as falls reportsci°3`to statement via Havannah and Norfolk, inide,r )9th Juni received some weeks - ago. ` - ',„ ° ,i,11 we but io tagine, for a moment, that 'the Sp d, Nation et iuld re-assume a place as, an indel ) `' ec l, ent 'Prop !e, which character it has long forteit,.., how liea:,tily should we wish them s uccess . /0 But for -• what do they fight ? Nominally, for a narch wb o has disclaimed theM, who has resigne u „, i l birth-60 it, and is personally under the coli tr i v o of the 4'rench Emperor—for a bauble which ji person f or whom they ( design it has refused' de there a.? robabiliry of their success.Reasou ex c ,e; eyen the hope of their regaining their indepelta of - In reali. ty then, they are lighting the battles England , for that phantom, the balance of po tce f, , a , We ca r but look for Ward with ,pgintul an ticir Lion to • the result. • • REMARKS. Why t are we come to—and, my ,countr) ,et wllith6l : (dreadful anticipatio , !) are e goiog us ask onrselves the last interestintg questloo, be tool Ane. -When we see sen , iintilts like emanat ingfrom the Official Gazette of to' V! ' of the 1 Jnitld States; have we no just cat•5 , ,,1 ,,,' ful apps •ehension ? All the sacred ta xitos sandlot: ed by the expilrience ot na fives ' are to r.) prostituted to the desol king ruthless Conqueror, who, strange to tell of Ames - lean Democracy. The bal:ince ( 1 ' the exi4 tence'of nationi. We ma: wi' priety, pply to the political world , Pope philosop steal observation on the atural---- tore's dt t . .Ireqce is all nature's pea( 11°41— 111 - ~~